scholarly journals Strategies for Teaching Undergraduate Business Students Data Analytics

2021 ◽  
pp. 18-22
Author(s):  
J. Kirk Atkinson ◽  
Ray Blankenship ◽  
Brady Crawford ◽  
Tucker S. Ramage
Keyword(s):  
Data Analytics ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Public University ◽  
Instructional Materials ◽  
Basic Data ◽  
Course Performance ◽  
Microsoft Excel ◽  
Final Assessment ◽  
Undergraduate Business Students

Several class sections at a Midwestern, public university were instructed in basic data analytics concepts using SimNet® preparatory assignments with Microsoft Excel®, additional instructional materials, and subsequent analytics projects. Performance on each analytics project was measured against performance on the preparatory Excel assignments as well as the student final course performance. The preparatory assignments prepared students for associated analytics projects as well as the final assessment.

Prince Kola Beverages Limited (PKBL)

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-159
Author(s):  
Shazib E. Shaikh
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Sensitivity Analysis ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Scenario Analysis ◽  
Management System ◽  
Middle Managers ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Microsoft Excel ◽  
Spreadsheet Modelling ◽  
Undergraduate Business Students

Prince Kola Beverages Limited (PKBL) is an introduction-level decision modelling case that aims to help develop what-if analysis and spreadsheet modelling skills. It has already been taught in three cohorts of my executive course customized for Coca Cola Beverages Pakistan (CCBPL) Limited middle managers, ‘Data Savvy Decision-Making’, and was warmly received. It is also suitable for both MBA and undergraduate business students. The problem involves using elementary forecasting, scenario analysis and sensitivity analysis without the complexity of statistics. This was also part of a 4-hour session in executive courses that included in-lab trainings on Microsoft Excel what-if analysis tools. For 80–90-minute sessions, students must have already been equipped with these tools. Additionally, it would be better to have the spreadsheets of students submitted by an online learning management system in advance of the class so that their models can be displayed in class and debated.

Cognitive Style and Sex: A Study of Stereotypical Thinking

2008 ◽  
Vol 102 (3) ◽  
pp. 739-744
Author(s):  
Havva J. Meric ◽  
Margaret M. Capen
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Style ◽  
Linear Model ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Business Students ◽  
General Linear Model ◽  
General Linear ◽  
Male Undergraduate ◽  
Undergraduate Business Students

Differences between Cognitive Style Index mean scores of female and male undergraduate business students were tested using a general linear model. Among 286 undergraduate business students, women scored higher (more analytical) than men. The comparison of undergraduate business students with and without work experience related to their major shows that students with such related work experience were more intuitive than peers with no work experience related to their major.

Developing business students’ intercultural competence through intercultural virtual collaboration: a task sequence implementation

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luana Ferreira-Lopes ◽  
Iciar Elexpuru-Albizuri ◽  
María José Bezanilla
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Cultural Knowledge ◽  
Learning Potential ◽  
Task Sequence ◽  
Virtual Collaboration ◽  
Intercultural Relationships ◽  
Pedagogical Strategies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Undergraduate Business Students

Purpose Allowing for interaction with foreign cultures without the need to travel, intercultural virtual collaboration represents a potential tool to develop business students’ intercultural competence. This study aims to explore students’ perceptions towards the implementation of a research-based task sequence in a project in which undergraduate Business students from Spain collaborated virtually with undergraduate business students from The Netherlands during a semester. More specifically, this paper investigates what intercultural competence indicators were mostly developed by the sequence implemented; how much each task from the sequence in question developed different intercultural competence indicators; and how much students enjoyed participating in each task. Design/methodology/approach Data was collected through after-task reflection questionnaires. A quantitative analysis of Likert-type questions was carried out and open-ended responses were used to illustrate findings. Findings Results reveal that the task sequence developed different dimensions of students’ intercultural competence and, particularly, fostered a positive attitude towards intercultural relationships, increased students’ cultural knowledge and awareness and equipped students with skills to work in diverse teams. It also showed that as complexity grew along the sequence, the average students’ perception of their intercultural competence development tended to decrease. The majority of students’ very much liked participating in the different tasks. Originality/value Designing telecollaborative projects can be very challenging and understanding the learning potential of different pedagogical strategies for virtual collaborative environments can help teachers to take better-informed decisions.

scholarly journals Student Attitude Towards And Use Of Powerpoint Slides As Study Guides In Undergraduate Introductory Financial Accounting

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert M. Kozub
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Financial Accounting ◽  
Course Performance ◽  
Class Attendance ◽  
Study Guides ◽  
Traditional Course ◽  
Course Grades ◽  
On Line

This study examines undergraduate business students’ attitude towards and use of Powerpoint® slides provided as a supplement to class attendance, textbook reading, and other traditional course resources. A survey of students with six majors (accounting, finance, marketing, management, international business and management information systems) enrolled in the undergraduate introductory financial accounting class in which the instructor provided Powerpoint® slides in addition to traditional course lectures and materials for student use.  The students’ learning strategies, as self reported in a questionnaire, (Table 7) were compared against class attendance, test performance, and overall course performance.  Consistent with several prior studies, this study found little relationship between use of these resources and grades on exams or overall course grades.  Further, this study found that students do not view these supplemental on-line resources as a substitute for class attendance.

scholarly journals Gauging reflexive historical thinking: An exploratory study of Columbian undergraduates

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-155
Author(s):  
Joshua Large ◽  
◽  
Juan Pablo Román Calderón
Keyword(s):  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Private University ◽  
Historical Thinking ◽  
Personal Agency ◽  
Thinking Skill ◽  
Economic Forces ◽  
Economic Ideology ◽  
Historical Agency ◽  
Undergraduate Business Students

This study gauges the development of an historical thinking skill we term reflexive historical thinking and its relationship to economic ideology among a group of undergraduate business students in an introductory history course at a Colombian private university. A survey was conducted twice during a semester in which students answered questions regarding historical agency, personal agency, and economic ideology. We measured the relationships and changes in responses regarding these factors. We hypothesized that students with greater awareness of broad social and economic forces as determinants of historical events would also be aware of an array of social and economic forces informing their personal outlooks. Moreover, we expected such awareness – both historical and personal – to increase during the course. Finally, we wondered how economic ideology influences such awareness. We found little support for the expectation that reflexive historical thinking developed over time, but interesting correlations between historical thinking and economic ideology.

Comprehensive Data Analytics Project Using Excel and Tableau for the Sales and Purchases Cycles

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Schuele ◽  
Elizabeth Felski
Keyword(s):  
Data Model ◽  
Data Analytics ◽  
Microsoft Excel ◽  
Comprehensive Data ◽  
Accounting Courses ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Right

Using materials from PwC’s data analytics case study with a fictitious company, Pixystems Toy Company, Inc. (PwC, 2017), henceforth Pixystems Toys, the authors developed a comprehensive, multi-part data analytics project applicable in a variety of accounting courses.  The project follows the common data analytics framework (ask the right questions, extract, transform and load (ETL) the data, perform appropriate analyses and present the results).  Students apply this framework to the sales and purchases cycles.  For each students develop relevant questions, build a data model and perform other ETL procedures, perform analytics and prepare a presentation to convey insights and recommendations.  For the sales cycle, Microsoft Excel is the analytics tool; for the purchases cycle, Tableau is used. This project provides an opportunity for students to gain experience with two analytics tools, understand the process of building a data model, and wrestle with how to convey the results of their analysis.

Vendor Master Data Cleaning – a Project for Accounting Class

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia Gantman ◽  
Lorrie Metzger
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Data Analytics ◽  
Data Cleaning ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public University ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Initial Analysis ◽  
Master Data

We present a data cleaning project that utilizes real vendor master data of a large public university in the United States. Our main objective when developing this case was to identify the areas where students need guidance in order to apply a problem solving approach to the project. This includes initial analysis of the data and the task at hand, planning for cleaning and testing activities, executing this plan, and communicating the results in a written report. We provide a data set with 29K records of vendor master data, and a subset of the same data with 800 records. The assignment has two parts - the planning and the actual cleaning, each with its own deliverable. It can be used in many different courses and completed with almost any data analytics software. We provide suggested solutions and detailed solution notes for Excel and for Alteryx Designer.

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